Welcome to Dear Prudence, I'm your Prudence,

Janay Desmond Harris.

Today we'll be offering advice on how to get over a crush on someone you never actually dated, what to do about

a fiance's sneaky candy bar habit, and how to cope when your best friend's secret social media

reveals that she's an

unapologetic bigot who hates pretty much everyone. Joining me today is

Jenna Wertham, a journalist who works as a culture writer for the New York Times

magazine,

post the podcast Still Processing,

and is an editor of the Visual anthology, Black Futures.

In addition to all that, they are also a sound healer,

Reiki practitioner, herbalist, and community care worker oriented toward justice and liberation.

Welcome to the show, thank you for being here.

Thank you for having me, long time listener, first time guest, very excited.

I'm so excited to have you on and I can't wait to ask you before we get started for one piece of unsolicited

advice that you just really want to get off your chest.

Whoa, what do I want to pop off? Oh my gosh.

Okay, okay, okay, what's coming up for me though, because I'm in the desert is put electrolytes in your water.

Like you're not getting as much hydration as you think you are.

So just, you know, whatever it is, squeeze a lemon, a little bit of salt, you know, a little

packet, I don't know, but put electrolytes in your water.

Okay, I really needed to hear that.

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